The Nightingales • A collaboration with Alice Vincent and Camilla Greenwell

2025 | Field recordist & Musician

The Nightingales is a collaboration between writer Alice Vincent, filmmaker Camilla Greenwell and composer Alice Boyd, inspired by Alice Vincent’s book Hark: How Women Listen.

In May, the trio travelled to RSPB Highnam Woods to listen for a vanishing sound: the song of the nightingale. Returning to the same place Alice Vincent had visited during her research for Hark, the film captures the fleeting, once-in-a-moment songs of these birds, and reflects on listening as an act of attention and care.

Alice Boyd features in the film, contributing field recordings, as well as music co-written with Jacob Norris (The Favourite, with strings by Tom Penn).

Made with thanks to the RSPB, RSPB Highnam Woods, Sand and Stone Escapes and Standish Gatehouse.

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The instrumental for Alice Boyd and Jacob Norris’ song ‘The Favourite’ is featured in this film. Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube and more